Android Market: a user-driven content distribution system — When we talk to developers, a common topic is the challenge of getting applications in the hands of users. That's why today I'm happy to share early details of Android Market—an open content distribution system that will help end users find …

How Steve Jobs' obit got published — The first rule of publishing is that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. (A corollary favored at Time Magazine, where I labored for nearly three decades, is that all copy is guilty until proved otherwise.) — None of this excuses …

Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs — In a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider, iPhone maker Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system.

McCain Seems To Have Obama Beat in One Arena — Campaign Buys Rights To Top Search Results On Key Election Terms — So-called ambush ads are typically reserved for Web-savvy marketers such as General Motors and AT&T. The newest believer: a 71-year-old presidential candidate.

Extinguish the Rumors: No New Amazon Kindle This Year — Talk of a new version of the Kindle e-book reader, aimed at college students, has been echoing around the blogosphere and has even reached your dutifully vacationing Bits correspondent. I asked Craig Berman, Amazon's chief spokesman …

EA: Second-hand sales are a “critical situation” — Publishing giant Electronic Arts has said that it's currently trying multiple new business models to help battle the critical problem of second-hand videogame sales. — While retailers reap the benefits of selling the same product multiple times …

Mozilla Extends Lucrative Deal With Google For 3 Years — Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has extended its search deal with Google for another three years. In return for setting Google as the default search engine on Firefox, Google pays Mozilla a substantial sum …